Kirkland City Council will continue their discussions regarding the Houghton Everest Neighborhood Center (HENC) in their Tuesday July 18 meeting. The meeting commences at 7:30 pm and the agenda can be found by clicking here.

Residential Suites/Apodments for the HENC?At the previous City Council meeting, council members asked staff for more information regarding Residential Suites (aka apodments).​

​Zoning Code definition of “Residential Suites”: A structure containing single room living units with a minimum floor area of 120 square feet and maximum floor area of 350 square feet offered on a monthly basis or longer where residents share bathroom and/or kitchen facilities.... For purposes of zones where minimum density or affordable housing is required, each living unit shall equate to one (1) dwelling unit.

Parking Concerns for the Neighborhood?Parking Requirements for Residential Suites include:

Parking requirement is 0.5 stalls/unit plus one/on site employee, if a parking management plan is approved by the City, implemented by the property owner and recorded with King County;

Otherwise the parking requirement is one stall/unit plus one stall/on site employee;​

This parking requirement is less than half the City code for a studio apartment (1.2 spaces /unit). Concerns have been raised about the parking around Residential Suites. Neighbors are concerned residents saying they don’t have a car, park in the neighborhood, and not pay a parking fee which would be normally charged. There are concerns regarding the enforcement of the policy.

​Comparing parking for Residential Suites to more traditional multi-family units would be 2 spaces for 4 residential suites compared to 4.8 spaces for 4 studios, or 4.1 spaces for a mix of 1 studio (1.2 spaces), 1-one bedroom (1.3 spaces), and 1 – two bedroom unit (1.6 spaces). Or 3.2 for 2 two-bedroom in its (same number of beds).

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﻿﻿Next Meeting﻿﻿The next meeting of the CHNA will be held:

Tuesday March 12, 2019 7:00 pm*Please note that the default day for meetings is the second Tuesday of the months of September, November, January, March, and May. To be timely, we may call special meetings to discuss topics of major neighborhood interest.​Also note, CHNA does not typically meet during July and August, unless there is a specific immediate topic to share.